The ongoing and not-so-gradual loss of American Civilization is the result of two related phenomena: the invasion of our country from the southern border, and our elites' culture of self-loathing that oozed out of the noxious slime of the 60's.

Western Europe is rapidly losing its own civilization for identical reasons (with invaders more poisonous than America's, and its own reproductive decadence, thrown in to expedite the process).

The first phenomenon -- the invasions -- wouldn't be happening in either place had they not been preceded by the second -- our elites' descent into cultural self-hatred.

...Our task is not merely to stop the ongoing physical invasions of America and Europe. Those unopposed invasions, by groups most of whom who seek fundamental, culturally destructive revolution in both places, are the symptoms, not the causes, of our decay.

We must teach the young, and many others who've forgotten, the remedial truth that they are the luckiest generation in human history -- because they are the inheritors and beneficiaries of 2500 years of accumulated human material and moral improvement, about 95% of which has been the gift to them and to the world of the Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian civilization of the West.

Once this indisputable truth is again widely appreciated in the West, the other critical insight can emerge: that the West has at least as much right as any other culture to preserve itself from the collapse that mass invasion by will cause.

For America to stop circling the drain, its people must first accept said drain is being circled. Most Americans have no clue as to why $16.5 trillion debt is a bad thing for the nation as a whole. Self-absorbed and self-interested as they are, their sole concern is getting their piece of the government pie.

After the gargantuan task of educating a questionably educable populace, leaders who will commit to traditional principles that brought America to greatness must be elected.

Minimally, a generation will pass before this ship can be righted again, if ever.

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posted on 11/27/2012 12:10:29 PM PST
by ScottinVA
(I've never been more disgusted with American voters.)

I saw the movie, too... the path to saving America was based heavily on hope and prayer of a future enlightenment of the populace. Unfortunately, that pathway was essentially blown away by the reelection of Obama.

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posted on 11/27/2012 12:15:09 PM PST
by ScottinVA
(I've never been more disgusted with American voters.)

I would definitely like to see our culture’s decline reverse itself, but I think that Belloc was right back in 1937 when he spoke at Fordham about the Crisi of Civilization being one that has come upon us because of events long ago. The Reformation destroyed the authority of the Catholic Church. Without the philosophy of Christendom, namely society being ordered to assist individuals to attain salvation, society has been left with the State as the supreme authority and that led to usury becoming common and capitalism which while, not in itself bad, created a large population that is dependent upon those who happen to have more money. This imbalance has ,ed to the false solution of communism which is inevitable unless we bring back the morality of the only Church which existed before the reformation. For Jesus prayed for unity not individual material bliss. The book by Belloc is called Crisis of Civilization and it is worth reading no matter what your bias.

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posted on 11/27/2012 12:20:47 PM PST
by RichardMoore
(There is only one issue- Life: dump TV and follow a plant based diet)

I would definitely like to see our culture’s decline reverse itself, but I think that Belloc was right back in 1937 when he spoke at Fordham about the Crisi of Civilization being one that has come upon us because of events long ago. The Reformation destroyed the authority of the Catholic Church. Without the philosophy of Christendom, namely society being ordered to assist individuals to attain salvation, society has been left with the State as the supreme authority and that led to usury becoming common and capitalism which while, not in itself bad, created a large population that is dependent upon those who happen to have more money. This imbalance has led to the false solution of communism which is inevitable unless we bring back the morality of the only Church which existed before the reformation. For Jesus prayed for unity not individual material bliss. The book by Belloc is called Crisis of Civilization and it is worth reading no matter what your bias.

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posted on 11/27/2012 12:21:53 PM PST
by RichardMoore
(There is only one issue- Life: dump TV and follow a plant based diet)

I would definitely like to see our culture’s decline reverse itself, but I think that Belloc was right back in 1937 when he spoke at Fordham about the Crisi of Civilization being one that has come upon us because of events long ago. The Reformation destroyed the authority of the Catholic Church. Without the philosophy of Christendom, namely society being ordered to assist individuals to attain salvation, society has been left with the State as the supreme authority and that led to usury becoming common and capitalism which while, not in itself bad, created a large population that is dependent upon those who happen to have more money. This imbalance has led to the false solution of communism which is inevitable unless we bring back the morality of the only Church which existed before the reformation. For Jesus prayed for unity not individual material bliss. The book by Belloc is called Crisis of Civilization and it is worth reading no matter what your bias.

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posted on 11/27/2012 12:23:49 PM PST
by RichardMoore
(There is only one issue- Life: dump TV and follow a plant based diet)

The ongoing and not-so-gradual loss of American Civilization is the result of two related phenomena: the invasion of our country from the southern border, and our elites' culture of self-loathing that oozed out of the noxious slime of the 60's.

Gotta disagree here.

The invasion from the south is of neither a quantity nor quality that we haven't handled in previous episodes of immigration. For instance, while reading a Civil War history recently I ran across the fact that in 1860 a majority of the inhabitants of WI were foreign-born.

The second claim hits closer to the mark, and is the reason we aren't handling assimilation well. Why should anyone want to assimilate into a despicable society, or at any rate one portrayed as such by its leaders?

But these people aren't "self-loathing," in fact it would be difficult to find any group in history with a higher opinion of itself.

What they are is "America-loathing" and on a higher level "Western Civilization loathing." Their very attitude of loathing for their own societies absolves them (in their own minds) of any of the sins of those societies.

So they can hate "America" and love themselves. In fact, they love themselves more because they hate "America."

This is, of course, why there is uncritical demand for random change and fundamental transformation of "America." Since "America" is the ultime evil, any change can only be an improvement.

Did I miss something or did you forget to mention legal immigration that brings in 1.2 million LEGAL immigrants each year, most of whom are poor, uneducated, and unskilled--and 87% of whom are minorities as classificed by the USG?

It was the Immigration Act of 1965 that changed the demography of this country forever. It was pushed by folks like Ted Kennedy who wanted America to look like the rest of the world. America was no longer to be a predominantly white nation dominated by Western Civilization and culture.

I’m beginning to favor a kind of political judo whereby we give the f’ing democrats everything they want and when the bloated wreckage finally collapses we pick up the pieces and try to rebuild. The choice this time couldn’t have been plainer or easier and the nitwits chose disaster.

Reap and sow, etc.

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posted on 11/27/2012 12:49:46 PM PST
by muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)

The invasion from the south is of neither a quantity nor quality that we haven't handled in previous episodes of immigration. For instance, while reading a Civil War history recently I ran across the fact that in 1860 a majority of the inhabitants of WI were foreign-born.

Throughout most of our history, immigrants had a higher education level than most Americans. That is no longer the case.

The second claim hits closer to the mark, and is the reason we aren't handling assimilation well. Why should anyone want to assimilate into a despicable society, or at any rate one portrayed as such by its leaders?

They are not assimilating for a number of reasons. First, once you have a critical mass of numbers, you don't have to assimilate, especially when you can easily maintain daily contact with your home country and can still maintain familial ties.

Second, we have taught immigrants, the vast majority of whom are minorities, that there are benefits to being a minority and retaining that identity. Affirmative action and minority business set asides reward those who believe that they are victims. There are tangible benefits to retaining one's "tribal" identity.

Finally, they are not assimilating because they don't share the same sense of connection with our Founding Fathers who were white and Western European. They are associated with the same kinds of people that established colonies and dominance over minorities. For many who come from Latin America and Asia, white Europeans were not benign benefactors.

The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 36 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest level in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born.

Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 310 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by 130 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the worlds third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any major developed country in the world, i.e., 0.963% (2011 estimate), principally due to immigration.

Demography is destiny. The US is not immune to the forces that have taken down other great nations and civilizations.

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